Of course, many of those southern cities were in a race to the bottom during the worst of the housing crisis. Either way, the situation is still nothing to write home about. Check out the change over the last two years.

City

Change over last two years

Washington

0.6%

Dallas

-1.1%

Denver

-1.3%

Detroit

-1.5%

Phoenix

-2.9%

Boston

-3.6%

Miami

-3.7%

Charlotte

-4.7%

Los Angeles

-6.4%

San Diego

-6.6%

New York

-6.7%

Minneapolis

-6.8%

San Francisco

-7.9%

Tampa

-8.0%

Cleveland

-8.4%

Seattle

-8.7%

Portland

-10.2%

Las Vegas

-12.4%

Chicago

-14.2%

Atlanta

-20.4%

“You have to pick to find real negatives in (the report),” the founder of the survey said on CNBC this morning. Hint: It’s in Minnesota.

About the blogger

Bob Collins has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 1992, emigrating to Minnesota from Massachusetts where he was VP of programming for Berkshire Broadcasting Co. He was an editor at the RKO Radio Network in New York, and WHDH Radio in Boston. He is the founder of the MPR News’ website. He is a private pilot and flies an airplane he built.

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Well there is some reassurance in it not being just me getting emails from Zillow saying my home has decreased in value.

http://www.nathanhunstad.com/ Doctor Gonzo

As somebody who is closing on a house in a few weeks, the market this spring has really been something else. Most of the houses we were interested in had offers within a few days, and yes, there were even some bidding wars on some properties. Things are definitely looking better in some pockets of Minneapolis.